Category: Productivity


  • The Emperor’s New Clothes : An AI Strategy?

    1. A Moment of Strategic Reckoning An emperor pays a fortune for a set of clothes only a fool cannot see. He parades proudly through the cityโ€”until a child shouts, โ€œHeโ€™s in the nude!โ€ Today, as organisations rush to adopt artificial intelligence, we risk replaying this tale. Groupthink can lure businesses into applying AI without…

  • Can you tell when it’s AI and does it matter?

    It feels like AIโ€™s writing a lot of what we see online now. Some of it’s great. Some of it?  Well, some of it is fairly pants, yes? Flat, over polished, or riddled with half truth hallucinogens. I think the question isnโ€™t “Is this AI?” I think the question is “Why is this posted, does…

  • How to Survive AI in Accounting part 2

    Weโ€™ve looked at some practical uses of AI in accounting in Part 1, but for AI to truly revolutionize the finance function, it needs to go beyond simple automation and evolve into a genuine partner for finance teams. Experts say this is on the verge of becoming mainstream, but what will it really take? Imagine…

  • Copilot vs Chat GPT

    Is it just me, or does Copilot feel a bitโ€ฆ pants compared to ChatGPT? Comparing Microsoft Copilot with GPT-4o, youโ€™ll find definite overlap โ€” theyโ€™re powered by the same AI family (OpenAIโ€™s GPT models). But theyโ€™re not the same beast. So what’s going on? In enterprise environments, Copilot will almost certainly be restricted โ€” and…

  • Form Automation (no AI)

    Make life just that little bit easier for yourself – No code, low code. A few days ago, I posted a bit of a winge about Workday application forms (link below). While I firmly believe we should be pivoting back to the old-school approachโ€”identifying your unique value, finding the problem you solve, and reaching out…

  • Workday form automation

    After my winge about Workday application formsโ€”and a tongue-in-cheek joke to an esteemed colleagueโ€”Iโ€™ve had several people ask: “What prompt would generate the code for a bot to complete a Workday application?” Wellโ€ฆ hereโ€™s the whole thing. Fill your boots. But before diving in: Iโ€™m not advocating transgressing any T&Cs, nor encouraging the use of…

  • Prompting Master Class 2 – Engineering Excellence

    Set out below is a set of Bernard Marr prompts, originally published in Forbes on 05/07/2025. These may well represent prompt nirvana โ€” crisp, powerful, and highly usable. What follows is a breakdown and analysis of each prompt. The core message is simple but powerful: have a clear use case, define your parameters, and guide…

  • How to survive AI in Accounting part 1

    Guide to AI in Accounting: Trends, Tools, and Stats Introduction: The Era of AI in Accounting Welcome, Artificial Intelligence (AI) is not just the stuff of sci-fi movies but a real, practical tool changing how businesses handle their finances. If youโ€™ve ever daydreamed about having a robot to do your tedious tasks while you focus…

  • If You Do One Thing With AI This Weekโ€”Make It This

    Let me be clear: AI is here, and if youโ€™re not yet leveraging itโ€”or even just exploring itโ€”youโ€™re already behind. But hereโ€™s the good news: You donโ€™t need to become a prompt engineer or build a chatbot to start seeing real efficiency gains immediately. Hereโ€™s one simple, transformative workflow you can (and should) adopt this…

  • What AI Hacks Do You Use to Speed Up and Save Time?

    Routines That Save Me Minutes and Add Up. I am sure we all wish we had more time. AI is heralded and on everyoneโ€™s lips, but no kiddingโ€”AI can give you exactly that. Over the past few months, after my CAIP certification, I’ve been refining simple daily AI routines that help me streamline my work,…